Trump’s Defunding of UNFPA

Article On April 3, the Trump administration defunded its contribution of US$69 million per year to UNFPA. Slashing this funding will significantly affect the world's most vulnerable girls and women, especially in Guatemala, because the U.S. is one of the largest contributors to UNFPA.
This piece was published by The Huffington Post Canada on April 6, 2017. read more

Argentine Women Denounce Violence

Facebook live To celebrate the International Women’s Strike Day on March 8, thousands of women marched in Buenos Aires to denounce the widespread gender-based violence in the South American nation. We were live on Facebook for 15 minutes on AJ+ españolfrom Buenos Aires on March 8, 2017 . read more

Argentine Down Syndrome Cooks

Video After years of facing social and work-related discrimination, four friends with Down’s syndrome started their own pizza company in Latin America's pizza capital Buenos Aires. Today, it is a success. This video was released by The Guardian on February 13, 2017. read more

LatAm’s Sustainable School

Video Students grow their own organic food at Latin America's first sustainable public school, just outside the capital Montevideo. Made of recycled items and powered by clean energy, the school teaches children how to live in harmony with nature.
This video was produced exclusively for The Associated Press in October 2016. It was published on January 22, 2017. read more

Trump’s Defunding of UNFPA Article On April 3, the Trump administration defunded its contribu...

Argentine Women Denounce Violence Facebook live To celebrate the International Women’s Strike Day ...

Argentine Down Syndrome Cooks Video After years of facing social and work-related discrimination...

LatAm’s Sustainable School Video Students grow their own organic food at Latin America's firs...

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About

Kamilia Lahrichi is a freelance video journalist and producer at Associated Press and a foreign correspondent based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She covers current and international affairs in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

The International Journalists’ Network profiled Kamilia Lahrichi as ‘journalist of the month’ in May 2016.

Kamilia Lahrichi is the recipient of a reporting fellowship in Mexico and Colombia from International Women’s Media Foundation in 2016. She also received three United Nations Foundation Press fellowships in New York City in 2014 and 2015. She was also a 2015 National Press Foundation fellow in Abu Dhabi. In addition, she is an Emerging Leader fellow at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in Qatar, Jordan and Morocco.

In March 2015, Morocco’s government rewarded Kamilia Lahrichi with a merit trophy for her work as a foreign correspondent and for representing a new generation of young female leaders in the country.